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potato bean
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun potato bean has 3 senses
- potato bean(n = noun.plant) pachyrhizus tuberosus, yam bean - twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots; Array is a member of genus pachyrhizus, pachyrhizus
- potato bean(n = noun.plant) apios americana, apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, indian potato, wild bean - a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans; Array has parts: groundnut, potato bean, wild bean
- potato bean(n = noun.food) groundnut, wild bean - nutlike tuber; important food of Native Americans; Array is a part of apios americana, apios tuberosa, groundnut, groundnut vine, indian potato, potato bean, wild bean
is a kind of vine
is a member of apios, genus apios
is a kind of vine
is a kind of tuber
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